cafeteria worker has gone loco

[ejnarts1]

A picture says a thousand words:

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u289/ejnarts1/Misc/Cafeteriagonenuts.jpg

I built this "Uni"community lot. At first I thought she was laying out so much food because of all the tables. Then she sat down and began eating. It's a pattern. She'll create a serving of food, place it on an open counter space. Take a serving and place it on an open serving counter, then she'll grab a serving, sit down and begin eating, over and over. She won't clear as you can see.

I created the lot originally on a residential zone (it was habit). I used the zoning cheat to change it to community. I purchased the deleted the mailbox and trash can and replaced them with the pay phone and community trash can. I lowered the upper level, the cafeteria, to only 12 clicks high (this was before playtesting it). I've not used any cheats during game play testing the lot.

What behavior am I not understanding with regards to this NPC that it would go off the reservation like this. Thanks.

[AngelFrouk]

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[ejnarts1]

RESOLVED:
Thanks angel f. I always try those things first. In this case it would have caused me undo stress with having to redesign things and would not have solved the problem. I should have gone with my gut instinct, but it was late (note to self: sleep first, post second if necessary).

In this instance it was the counters at 45 degrees that were the cause of the disaster above. I deleted the offending objects and the NPC works as it should.

So, for anyone in future- 45 degree angle counters intersecting regular facing counters = not a good work environment for the cafeteria worker. Thanks.

[Canoodle]

That is really good to know! Thanks for the information. :)